2011 October

October, 2011

Monthly archive · 16 posts

Stories from October, 2011

31 October 2011

Mexico Hosts Global Conference on Privacy and Free Speech

Written by Renata Avila · Mexico, Latin America

The Public Voice coalition will be hosting a global conference in Mexico City on October 31, 2011 and you are invited to take part in the conversation and interact with the panelists.

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Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah Detained for 15 Days Pending Military Investigation

Written by Rasha Abdulla · Egypt

Egypt’s veteran blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah (@alaa) was detained today (Sunday, Oct. 30) for 15 days pending investigation after refusing to be interrogated by a military investigator, insisting on his...

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30 October 2011

Brazil: 1º Encontro Mundial de Blogueiros (First World Bloggers' Conference)

Written by Jillian York · Cuba, Brazil

This week a blogger conference–dubbed the 1º Encontro Mundial de Blogueiros (or First World Bloggers' Conference)–is taking place in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Sponsored by Brazilian companies Petrobras and Sanepar,...

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28 October 2011

Detained Bloggers and Journalists in Syria: The List Gets Longer

Written by Leila Nachawati · Syria

Since the street protest movement began in March 2011 in Syria, threats and physical attacks against journalists have increased. The list of detained bloggers and journalists gets longer and includes foreign journalists arrested and deported. Among the latest, prominent blogger and programmer Hussein Ghrer, who disappeared on October 24.

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27 October 2011

Libya: Foreign Hackers and Surveillance

Written by Ivan Sigal · Libya, Middle East & North Africa

In the wake of the fall of Tripoli, reporters, researchers, and former employees of the Libyan Telecom and Technology company have been uncovering and sharing details about how the Libyan government surveilled and monitored internet and phone networks.

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26 October 2011

Egyptian Blogger's Summons Adds Fuel to Campaign Against Military Trials

Written by Jillian York · Egypt, Middle East & North Africa

Alaa Abd El Fattah, a well-known Egyptian blogger and activist who was imprisoned in 2006 under the Mubarak regime, learned on Monday that he has been summoned by a military prosecutor. He joins a growing list of Egyptian activists targeted by the military.

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Syria: Prominent Blogger Disappears in Damascus

Written by Leila Nachawati · Syria

Syrian blogger Hussein Ghrer left his home in Damascus on Monday, October 24, and has not come back. He is a thirty-year-old married father of two. The most recent post on Ghrer's blog focuses on the arrest earlier this year of now-released Syrian blogger Anas Maarawi in the context of freedom in Syria.

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